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Wisdom's root revealed [[electronic resource] ] : Ben Sira and the election of Israel / / by Greg Schmidt Goering



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Autore: Goering Greg Schmidt Visualizza persona
Titolo: Wisdom's root revealed [[electronic resource] ] : Ben Sira and the election of Israel / / by Greg Schmidt Goering Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Leiden [Netherlands] ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2009
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (329 p.)
Disciplina: 296.3/1172
Soggetto topico: Jews - Election, Doctrine of
Classificazione: 11.41
Note generali: Revision of author's thesis (Th. D.)--Harvard University, 2006 under title: To whom has wisdom's root been revealed? : Ben Sira and the election of Israel : a thesis.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Nota di contenuto: Wisdom, Torah, and election : an introduction to the study -- Election and creation : the sun, the moon, and Israel's chosenness -- Election and revelation : general and special wisdom -- Election and tradition : the preservation and transmission of wisdom -- Election and piety : the "fear of YHWH" -- Election and eschatology : Israel among the nations -- Conclusion : Ben Sira and the election of Israel.
Sommario/riassunto: This monograph interprets the theme of election in the book of Sirach. Previous scholarship has often understood Ben Sira’s worldview to be dualistic, and has approached the sage's correlation of Wisdom and Torah as either a nationalization of Wisdom or a universalization of Torah. By probing Ben Sira’s ideas about election, this book suggests that Ben Sira does not collapse the traditional sapiential dichotomy wisdom/folly into a dualistic worldview, and that his understanding of the relation between Wisdom and Torah proves to be far more subtle than previous interpretations have allowed. The study demonstrates that the concept of election enables a profitable discussion of the relation of Wisdom and Torah in the thought of this pivotal Second Temple sage.
Titolo autorizzato: Wisdom's root revealed  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-94916-0
9786612949166
90-04-19071-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910820963603321
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Serie: Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; ; v. 139.